Blog Roll

A community group called Historic Midtown Neighborhood Initiative, or HARMONI, is hoping to mix private and public money to fund major infrastructure improvements and establish a collective identity of Midtown for four neighborhoods north of downtown Indianapolis. The group, which has adopted â€œwalkability, bikeability and creation of inspiring placesâ€ as its mission, is working on a five-year plan that would transform portions of Meridian Streetâ€™s middle turn lanes into landscaped islands, add dozens of new raised crosswalks and give Alice Carter Place Park between Meridian Street and Westfield Boulevard a whole new look. The group already has raised $300,000 in private funds toward a goal of $2 million for the first phase, and plans to use the private money to fill gaps between what the city plans to spend and what is needed. The full story is here. And check out the HARMONI's homepage. What do you think?

ADVERTISEMENT

Managing Editor

Schouten is an Indianapolis native and Indiana University graduate who joined IBJ in 2006 after stints at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Arizona Republic. He covered the real estate beat for most of those years, and launched the Property Lines blog, before taking over as managing editor in March 2013.

Schouten has been honored for investigative and enterprise reporting by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Alliance of Area Business Publications and the Society of Professional Journalists in Indianapolis. During his tenure as moderator of Property Lines, the blog was recognized twice as the best among business journals by the AAPB.

Schouten serves as secretary of the board of governors of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and is set to serve as the organization's president in 2016. He is treasurer of the Indianapolis Press Club Foundation, and a board member of the Indianapolis Public Schools Education Foundation.

Multimedia

Videos

Events

IBJ’s CFO of the Year honorees are impressive financial professionals who steer the fortunes of their companies and organizations. Join IBJ to celebrate them on Dec. 1.

Nominations

Do you know an individual or organization that goes above and beyond to improve health care in the Indianapolis area? Let them know their contributions matter. Nominate them for IBJ’s 2017 Health Care Heroes Awards program. For more information or to submit a nomination, visit www.ibj.com/nominations